The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA lottery and will be the first pick in next month's draft. France's Victor Wembanyama is the most talked-about prospect to enter the league since LeBron James.
On the one hand, it is clear that a small market club that receives a big star is not great news for league managers. But on the other hand, the team that received the French prospect is the one that suits him best, and can show him the past cases in which it made the wilderness bloom.